Hey there peoples! So this is my first story ever. Like ever. So please be a bit gentle with reviews please! No Flames, but CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is greatly appreciated! So I just thought I might use an icebreaker corny joke!
What does a nosy pepper do?
Get's jalapeno business!
:D
LOL this is why I have no friends. At least it gives me time to write!
So now that introductions are over, I would like to explain a few things about the story. The beginning setup of the story will be extremely similar to the beginning of the Inuyasha story, however the rest of the story will be different. I got the inspiration to write this story when I was just browsing around Google and when I found it, inspiration hit!
Okay now that that's all said and done, onward with the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or it's characters.
I leaned against the rough wooden balcony and enjoyed the soft sea breeze on my face and through my hair. The briny salty smell tickled my nose and I sighed in contentment. I'm Kagome Higurashi, 16 year old Priestess in training, and by that I mean I am now traveling on this beautiful ship, The Shikon, to begin my priestess training in a village not far from the sea. I always loved the ocean, its vastness, its mystery and its beauty. I was traveling with my handmaiden Sango, of course I considered her to be my best friend and vice versa. I chuckled as I remember how Sango couldn't contain her excitement that we got to leave home on our own for once. A craving for freedom was something we both shared, and it often got us into trouble. I chuckled to myself thinking about how her mother reacted the last time we got caught sneaking out.
"Kagome!" Sango called, running over to me. "Damn it Kagome I thought I told you that the salt is bad for your hair!" She glared at me and yanked my arm towards the cabins, where I was supposed to be. It was inappropriate for a lady to be seen without an escort, to take her hair down to enjoy the breeze fully, to breathe without asking permission blah blah blah.
"Kagome how do you expect to get a decent husband if you can't even listen to me for 5 minutes?" Sango ranted exasperated, pacing back and forth.
"Well a decent husband would be talking about much more interesting things for 5 minutes." I responded dryly. "Sango, you know talking about hair care products, husbands, manners, politics, and all that stuff bores me to tears right?" She gave me a look and continued ranting. I huffed a sigh and flopped down on the bed.
It was true; I preferred reading adventure novels, books on foreign countries and cultures, ancient mythology, and more importantly, demon mythology. It was no secret that demons existed, and they lived in a somewhat peace with humans. I was more intrigued with half-demons, hanyou I believe they're called. I feel bad for hanyous because they are always outcaste, even the powerful ones. I remember when I was little meeting a hanyou while walking through the village. He sat on the ground, wearing dirty withered clothing, no shoes, long black hair framing his sad purple eyes. I had been observing him for some time, wanting to give him some nourishment and kindness. I walked up to him slowly, not knowing how to behave around half-demons. Carefully I set down a loaf of bread, water, and some fish that I had packed into a basket next to him. He glanced up at me in shock, and I did my best to give him a reassuring smile. I saw a flash of happiness flare in his violet orbs for a minute and he said in a raspy voice, "Thank you" and walked into the forest. I never saw him again after that day. I felt my heart twinge with pity and anger. How could people treat them so badly for something they couldn't control? It was a frustrating reality.
"Do you understand what I'm trying to say Kagome?" Sango finished hands on her hips.
I blinked.
Apparently she had been talking while I was lost in thought.
"I'm sorry what were you saying Sango?" I asked sheepishly, and she sighed.
"Listen Kagome, I know you'd rather be stuffing your face with books, but you are of marriage age! No man wants a woman that's more intelligent than he is, and that's why all of the suitors we paired you up with declined the marriage." She sat down next to me and started to brush my windblown hair. "They want an obedient, loyal, and devoted wife-not one that will make them feel stupid. Men's egos are fragile, please try to remember that." She said softly, finally finishing her task.
"I know I know Sango, but is it too much to hope to marry someone I love?" I asked. She smiled sweetly and tucked a piece of hair behind my ear.
"No Kagome it's not. I will be back in about 20 minutes, why don't you read one of your demon mythology books? I'm going to see what time dinner starts, so could you please stay here?"
I sighed and decided to do as she asked, she had enough to deal with. I walked over to the chest and pulled out Demon Mythology and Legends, and began to read.
No less than 2 minutes later I heard shouts and commotion coming from outside the cabin. I threw the book on my bed and headed out the door. I looked around and saw that the crew and some soldiers were fighting what looked to be…pirates? My eyes widened in shock and I looked around for the captain, and found him standing on the railing fighting soldiers. He flew through the air slicing the men with his giant fanglike sword, his body a complete blur. Death was left in his wake as he slaughtered almost everyone on board.
"Find the jewel!" he shouted at his men, and continued the fight against all the soldiers. Suddenly somebody grabbed me by the elbow and put a hand over my mouth, pulling me behind one of the lifeboats. I turned around to face my attacker and realized it was Sango.
"Kagome are you okay? You aren't hurt are you?" she quickly assessed me for damage, and finding none, she sighed in relief.
"We have to get off of the ship Sango, before they find us and kill us." I whispered to her. We couldn't take the lifeboats- that would have been too obvious- so we decided to jump ship and start swimming away. There were often a lot of trade ships going through this route, so we would be rescued in about 3-4 days at the most. I ran over to the lowest part of the ship with Sango hot on my heels and dived into the water. The temperature shocked me momentarily, but I started to swim towards the surface. My dress made it difficult but I somehow managed to get above water to get some air. I looked around frantically for Sango, and saw her a distance away and started swimming towards her. However, as soon as I began to swim that way, I was hit with the realization that my dress was like a 50lb weight carrying me down. I struggled to stay above water, swallowing the salty liquid and I felt the burning fatigue in my legs and arms. I started to sink, flailing wildly to get back to the surface, to air, but I just kept sinking. My lungs were burning and things were starting to get fuzzy and I heard someone shout, "Kagome!" and then I blacked out
ooOoo
"Kagome!" I heard a woman shout, and stopped my attack for a minute to see what was going on. This was a ship of soldiers and the likelihood of women being on it was low, but I knew what I heard. I jumped up onto the top of the ship, scanning for a woman below deck. I saw none. -Huh- I thought, and just when I was going to jump down back into action I heard the name called again, and realized it was coming from the water a distance away. I jumped down and walked over to the side of the ship finally seeing a woman about 50 feet out away from the ship, but where was her friend? I peered into the water more and saw a girl no older than sixteen sinking. I threw down my sword and dived into the water after her. When I surfaced I began swimming her way swiftly and took a deep breath to prepare to get her. I saw her about 10 feet down from me and I swam down to her. I grabbed her torso and started to propel towards the surface, but we weren't getting there at all fast and I realized it was because her dress was weighing us down. Even with my demon strength I was having trouble getting back to air. I ripped off the deathly fabric until her corset and underclothes were left and swam to the surface of the water. Once there, I put one arm around her and the other I used to swim back to the ship.
"Miroku! Help me get this girl up! She has a friend not far off too!" I shouted. Miroku lowered the rope ladder and I climbed up with the girl. I laid her down on the ship's deck and started to do CPR on her, pumping her stomach to get the water out of her. After a while of doing this I realized it wasn't working and that I would have to do mouth to mouth. Ugh, I hated doing that because humans taste disgusting, and I can't get the taste out of my mouth for a week. I sighed and pushed her hair out of her face, and I froze. She was beautiful, her porcelain skin was pale and her ebony hair framed her face perfectly. Her lashes were long enough to touch her cheek, and she had plump pink lips that screamed for me to kiss them. Realizing I had spent a good 3 minutes looking at her I leaned closer to give her mouth to mouth. As my lips were inching closer and closer…
ooOoo
I woke up with a jolt and saw Amber eyes staring intensely into mine, and I noticed they were way too close for comfort.
"Ahh!" I screamed and my hand came up instinctively to deliver a slap to Mr. Space Invader. He reeled back and I sat up, coughing a bit and breathing deeply.
"Hey what was that for wench!? I was trying to save you!" he snapped, and I looked up to give him a snarky remark but my words froze. He was tall and muscular, but not the bulky type. His silver hair flowed down to his waist and little doggy ears popped out of both sides of his head. His piercing amber eyes were rimmed with kohl and he had part of his hair braided in the front, next to his left ear, and a red bandana wrapped around his head. He wore a simple tunic with a fitted vest with trousers and boots, with his sword sheath hanging on his hip. He looked dangerous and familiar at the same time, but I wasn't sure where I had seen him before. I shook my head a bit to clear my thoughts.
"Well if you're idea of saving is lip-locking with somebody then I guess I don't want to be saved." I shot back angrily. -Stupid pirate, almost took my first kiss- I grumbled inwardly.
He glared at me and shouted "Miroku! Bring the other one over here too!"
"Yes Captain!" a man with violet eyes and a low ponytail walked over with her friend Sango. He wore an outfit similar to that of the Captain, except his was sleeveless and he had a glove with priest beads wrapped around his right hand. Sango looked just as disheveled as she, and when Sango saw her she gave a shocked gasp and grabbed her friend close, checking for injuries.
"Sango I'm fine." I chuckled, returning her hug.
"Err Kagome? What happened to your clothes?" she asked quietly. I blushed crimson, finally realizing I was only in a corset and undergarments. Suddenly I was filled with anger realizing the pirate that saved me probably took it off. I whirled around and glared at him.
"YOU! What did you do with my clothes?!" I shouted, poking him in the chest. He looked shocked for a minute, then proceeded to get angry too.
"Well I didn't realize you would rather drown than be seen in your underwear!" he growled back.
"I don't see why you had to rip it off! I liked that dress!"
"Well just get a new one!"
"I don't want a new one! I liked that one!"
"Quit being spoiled!" he shouted stepping closer to her, "Just go get it remade!"
"I can't!" I shouted back, tears beginning to form in my eyes. "That was my mother's dress! She gave it to me before she died!"
He paused for a minute and then it sank in why she was so upset about it. Tears were beginning to form in her cerulean blue eyes, and his beast whimpered. Wait, his beast? He turned away from her and said in a gruff voice, "I'm sorry."
I was shocked, I didn't expect for him to apologize. Then I realized I didn't thank him for saving me and Sango from drowning. -Even though it was kind of his fault.- I thought
"Err, it's okay. Thank you for saving us." I said in a small voice. He sighed, and suddenly a whole bunch of other pirates, probably his crew, swarmed around us. Jeers and whistles broke out when they saw that I was barely dressed , and my face flushed from anger and embarrassment.
"No problem." he said turning around giving me a devious smirk. I gulped. He walked towards me and my heart was pounding in my chest, and I remembered why exactly me and Sango were trying to run away. Pirates were brutal and bloodthirsty, and not exactly known for having self control (ah-hem) when it comes to women. I could only hope that he didn't give us to his men as a little 'gift' to ease their frustrations.
"What are we going to do with you…?" he questioned silkily, putting his finger under my chin to inspect me. Though his hand was warm, I didn't like being touched in such an inappropriate state.
"Get your hands offa me!" I yelled, slapping his hand away from me. He looked angry, and I felt fear gnaw at the pit of my stomach.
"Who do you think you are?! I'm the Captain here so I'll do what I want!" he yelled glaring at me. I glared right back.
"Does it look like I care to you? Just because you're captain doesn't mean you can touch me whenever you feel like it!" He snarled at her and I saw his eyes flash red for a moment, and suddenly I was hefted over his shoulder and he started walking.
"Hey! Put me down right now!" I screeched, pounding my fists on his back.
*SMACK*
"Stop that." he snarled. Wait a minute, did he just spank me?! -Well obviously, or else your rear end wouldn't be hurting right now, would it?- my subconscious replied smartly. He kept walking and then he stopped to open a door. Once it was open he continued inside and threw me onto a bed.
"Stay here until I can figure out what I want to do with you and your friend." with that he strode out of the door.
I jumped off of the bed and started pounding on the door.
"Lemme out of here right now! Dammit get back here!" I screamed. Suddenly the door flew open and Sango was thrust in by that Miroku guy.
"Hey Miroku right? Tell your little Captain he had better be taking us to land!"
He looked at me for a minute, and then said, "Wait you mean Inuyasha? Oh no, we aren't going to be going to land for a couple weeks."
"WHAT?!" I screeched, and he covered his ears with his hand to block out the loud noise. He sighed, and smiled apologetically.
"I don't decide where we're going to, but I'll try to talk to him okay?" he said gently. I huffed exasperatedly.
"Fine." he nodded and left. I turned to face Sango, who was shivering. I walked over to what looked like a chest full of clothes and grabbed her a couple to wear until her dress dried, and a couple for me as well. We put them on and sat down on the bed, which was surprisingly comfortable. Sango sighed and curled onto her side, and I realized she was exhausted. -I must have really worried her-I thought. I grabbed a blanket and covered her with it, seeing as she was still shivering. She smiled at me and turned over to go to sleep, and while she slept one thing kept resounding in my head from my conversation with Miroku. He said the captains name was Inuyasha, and I could've sworn I heard it somewhere before. I pondered it for a little while and decided to search the room I was staying in. I walked around the nicely furnished room and took note of all the expensive items. -well we know where he got those from- I kept walking around the room and was surprised to find a rather large bookshelf stocked with hundreds of books on demons. As I scanned through the volumes to try to find one to read to pass the time, it suddenly hit me why Inuyasha looked so familiar.
He was the famous Captain Inuyasha, also known as The Sea Demon or The Pirate King, was notorious for stealing some of the richest goods in the world, and also for being the most bloodthirsty of all the other pirates out there. He defeated every ship who had the gall to try and attack him, and he never left any survivors. It was rumored he was a half-demon searching for the Sacred Shikon Jewel to make himself a full demon. However, nobody had heard of it ever since the priestess Kikyo, who fell in love with a half-demon named Naraku, was deceived into thinking her lover had tried to kill her and in turn pinned him to a tree with a sacred arrow. They burned the Shikon Jewel with her body at her request so it could never be used for evil purposes. Why was he looking for a jewel that disappeared? Then it hit me like a ton of bricks.
I was on the ship of the most bloodthirsty and brutal pirate known to man(and demon), and I had already pissed him off. He, who was the only one who had a say on if I live or die.
Oh no.
Whew! That took waaay longer than I thought it would. Oh well, I told myself I was going to make this a long fic with long chapters, and I shall do just that!
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Till next time lovelies!
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